Here's a way to use up those colourful plastic cups & plates used at birthday parties and school events.

What You Need:

• Colorful plastic cups (20 or so per student ... if you have less, that's ok, the snake will just be smaller).
• Pantihose leg (make sure no one needs it anymore).
• Newspaper.
• Colorful plastic plates (2 per student).
• Paper Fasteners (you can just use hot glue instead).
• Pen, awl or other sharp instrument for poking holes.
• Scissors.
• Fishing line (if you have it).

What You Do:

1. Using the pen (or an awl - with an adults help) punch a hole in the base of each cup.

2. Thread the cups onto the pantihose leg through the holes you have punched. To space the cups, put a piece of balled up newspaper into each cup after it is threaded.

3. To make the snake's head, cut the rim of a plastic plate.

4. Punch two small holes for the eyes.

5. Punch a large hole at the edge of the plate between the eyes and thread the pantihose through this hole.

6. Thread the pantihose through the base of another cup which will be the mouth. Tie a knot in the end of the pantihose.

7. Cut the base off two plastic cups to make eyes. Attach the eyes to the paper plate head using either paper fasteners or hot glue.

8. Cut a triangular piece for a tail, punch a hole in it and fasten it to the end of the snake's body.

9. You can attach fishing line to the snake and hang it from the ceiling.